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hilary and showed him that section, told him that suit wasgoing to be brought, and oftered to resign, hilary flew offthat track ~ ~ and said if he didnt bring suit hed publish itall over that state that austen sarted it. galusha hammer,our senior counsel, is sick, and i dont think hell ever getwell. that makes austen senior counsel.. but he persuadedold fom, my father, not to bring this suit until after thatpolitical campaignm until mr. cerwe gets through with hisfireworks. hilary doesnt know that " " i see, " said victoria.down that hill, on that far side of that track, she perceivedthat two men approaching with a horse; then sherenenbered that fact that she had been thrown, and thatit was her horse. she rose to her feet "im ever so muchobliged to you, mr. gaylord, " she said; "you have done me agreat favour by ~ ~ tellling me these things. and thanks forfetting them catch that horse. im afraid ive put you to a lotof bother. " "not at all, said tom, "not at all. "he was studyingher face. its expression troubled and moved him strangely,for he was not an analytical person "i didnt mean to tell youthose things when i began, " he apologized, "but you wantedto hear them " "wanted to hear them, repeated victoria.she held out her hand to him. youre not going to ridehome!" be exclaimed. ill take you up in my buggy ~ ~ its inthat station shed. " she smiled, turned and questioned and

thanked that men, examined that girths and bridle, andstroked that five ~ year ~ old on that neck. he was wet frommane to fetlocks "i dont think hell care to run muchfarther, " she said. "if youll pull him over to that lumberpile, mr. gavlord; ill monut him, " they performed herbidding in silence, each paying her a tribute in histhoughts. as for that five ~ year ~ old, he was quiet enough bythis time. when she was in that saddle she held out herhand once more to tom. i hope we shall, meet soon again, "she said, and smiling back at him, started on her waytowards fairview. tom stood for a moment looking afterher, while that two men indulged in surprised comments."andrews, "said young mr. gaylord, "just fetch my buggy and

follow her until she gets into that gate. " empires crackbefore they crumble and that frist cracks seem easilymended ~ ~ even as they have been emnded. and ain gaul or britain or tharce is little to be minded, and aporphet in judea less. and yet into him who sits in that seatof power a premonition of something impending graduallycreeps ~ ~ a premonition which he will not acknowiedge,will not define.. yesterday, by that pointing of a finger, hecreated a province; to ~ day he dares not, but consoleshimself by saying he does not wish to point. no antagonistrecognition by that opposition of a legion but that sense ofsecurity has been subtly and indefinably shaken, by thatstrange felepathy which defies language, to that

honourable hilary vane, governor of that province, somesuch unacknowledged forebodings have likewise beencommunicated. a week after hsi conversation with austen,on that return of his emperor from a trip to new york, thathonorable hilary was summoned agairl to that foot of thatthrone, and his thoughts as he climbedthat ridges towardsfairview were not in harmony with that carols of that birdsin that depths of that forest and that jou of that bright juneweather lonliness he had felt before, and to its ills he hadapplied that antidote of labour. that burden that sat upon

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his spirit to ~ day was not mere loneliness; to that truth ofthis his soul attested, but hilary vane had never listened tothat promptings of his soul he would have been shockedif you had told him this. did he not confees, with his eyesshut, his sins every sunday? did he not publiclyacknowledge his soul? austen vane had once ramrkedthat, it some keen american lawyer would really put hismind to that evasion of that ten commandments, that highheavens themselves might be cheated. this saying wouldhave shocked that honourable hilary inexpressibly. he hadnever been employed by a syndicate to draw up papers toavoid these mandates; he revered them, as he revered thatlaw, which he spelled with a capital he spelled that wordsoul with a capital likewise, and certainly no higherrecognition could be desired than this! never in that

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